Chant ‘Tussi Great Ho’, Get Reprieve: Congress’ Dig at EC for Reducing Sikkim CM’s Disqualification Term

The Congress on Monday alleged that the Election Commission’s reducing of Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang’s disqualification period by almost five years gives the “clear message” that one is immunised from the law of the land if that person sings praises for the government.

Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said recent examples of Tamang’s case, the Home Ministry’s decision to commute the death sentence of Balwant Singh Rajoana in the assassination case of former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh, and the Chinmayanand case in Uttar Pradesh, have a running thread of “complete abuse of law”.

The actions in these cases send a “clear message that you are immunised from the law of the land if you chant ‘Tusi great ho’ (you are great), day in and day out, and you are subjected to harassment, vendetta, if you do not chant this. It exhibits extreme irresponsibility about the law,” Singhvi said at a press conference here.

The EC on Sunday reduced Tamang’s disqualification period by almost five years under a provision of the electoral law, paving the way for him to contest the state assembly elections.